I just returned from the 3rd International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Santo Domingo – what a great three days! Spent this morning scanning my drawings, which I will post soon, but then heard about the demonstration activity going on outside the Con Edison building in NYC, so had to go over and draw that first. […]
View post →Sometimes a holiday weekend is a great time to stay in the city and enjoy the peace and quiet. This Memorial Day weekend, I spent a few hours drawing in the park of my apartment complex. Even when you’re simply drawing as a relaxing way to pass the time, it’s good to think about the […]
View post →I was up at Mystic Seaport,Connecticut, last Friday with a few of the artists of Dalvero Academy, the reportage school founded by myself and Margaret Hurst. We were working on our exhibit: Restoring a Past, Charting a Future, that opens there on April 28. While there, we were fortunate enough to witness the workers and […]
View post →I’ve just received my advance copy of One Drawing A Day: A 6-Week Course Exploring Creativity With Illustration and Mixed Media and I’m very excited about it! The book features my work and the work of the other seven illustrators of Studio 1482. It also reprints the text from their original posts and adds exercises […]
View post →At the end of June, Jon Gerberg, a reporter I met while drawing the Egyptian Solidarity rally (see post HERE) came with two colleagues and interviewed me for the Brooklyn Independent Television program, “Caught in the Act.” The show profiles artists who live or work in Brooklyn. It was great fun to have them all in […]
View post →I’m happy to post the news that two of my illustrations have been selected to be a part of the American Illustration 30 Annual! From the announcement: This year’s distinguished jury included Nicholas Blechman, The New York Times Book Review; Rachael Cole, Schwartz & Wade Books; Michael Ian Kaye, Mother New York; Todd Oldham, Todd […]
View post →Upon visiting the upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, I found many deserted and condemned houses. The area didn’t receive as much of the massive flooding that the Lower Ninth ward did during Katrina, so more of the buildings are standing. However, six years after the hurricane, many of the homes have open rooftops and […]
View post →Last week I traveled to New Orleans, one of my favorite cities in the US. Neil received an award from EPRI, an engineering organization, and was there to make and listen to presentations, as well as attend the awards dinner. During the day, while Neil was busy with the conference, I ventured out into the […]
View post →Egyptian-Americans and others demonstrated in Manhattan today, calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Mubarak. The rally began in Times Square and was followed by a march to the Egyptian mission at 44th St. and Second Avenue. I was out of the city for much of the day today, but I did get over to […]
View post →Last night I saw PRINCE at Madison Square Garden – that’s right, baby! What a fun concert! My friend and fellow studio 1482-er, Kati, texted me in the afternoon and invited me to join her at the show. (Kati does a blog called musikati where she goes to many shows and reviews them. Her reviews […]
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